18 New Covid-19 Cases Reported Today (17 Sep); 1 Case In The Community

As of 12pm on 17 Sep 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily reported 18 new Covid-19 cases.

Yes. Eighteen.

After digging through MOH’s past daily updates, it seems that this is the lowest since 16 March, which reported 17 new Covid-19 cases.

This brings the total number of cases in Singapore to 57,532.

The number of case in the community is one (yesterday’s was two), a work pass holder.

There are also two imported cases, both of whom have been placed on Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) upon arrival in Singapore.

27 Out Of 27 Cases Reported On 16 Sep Are Asymptomatic

The number of daily infections continues to dwindle, as the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported just 27 new cases yesterday (16 Sep).

After two consecutive days of no cases in the community, two were reported yesterday, as well as two imported infections.

The remaining 23 cases were migrant workers living in dormitories, 17 of whom were already quarantined as they had been contacts of previous cases.

Six were detected through surveillance testing.

The most notable thing about yesterday’s report, however, is that all 27 cases were asymptomatic. 

This means that they were not sick and did not exhibit any symptoms of the coronavirus.

In fact, a large percentage of cases reported in the last few days have been asymptomatic; 41 out of 42 cases reported on Sunday (13 Sep) did not have any outward signs of disease.

Reader: Wait, if they don’t know they’re sick, how are they detected?

One word: screening and surveillance.

Reader: That’s three words.

Despite cases decreasing, the authorities have implemented the Rostered Routine Testing, which screens migrant workers living in dormitories, those working on construction or production sites, and those in the construction, marine and process sector, every two weeks.

This is why it pays to be kiasu sometimes.

This also shows why it’s so important to wear masks.

One Covid-19 Case Removed From Total Tally

Ready for more good news?

Turns out, we actually have one lesser Covid-19 case than we thought.

Case 57,107 tested negative twice after his initial Covid-19 test returned positive.

It was then decided that his first Covid-19 test result was a false-positive.

MOH also assured that all precautions were taken and the patient, as well as his contacts, were not exposed to the coronavirus.

The average number of new daily cases in the community has dropped from two to one, while the number of unlinked cases has also dropped from an average of one to less than one.

People’s Park Complex and People’s Park Centre were also added to the list of places visited by Covid-19 cases during their infectious period.

Don’t worry, though, because NEA would’ve worked together with the management of identified areas to give it a thorough clean.

So chances are, these places are cleaner than your room.

You can view the full list here.

If you were in the same area within the same timeframe, monitor your health for the next 14 days and remember to see a doctor if you exhibit even the slightest symptoms.

Only by doing that can we see the daily Covid-19 cases drop even further.